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Dark Horses
For our final review of the season, squashed in at the 11th hour, we bring you a quick and dirty final roundup to shed a little bit of love on some books that we never got to discuss at length but that we still think deserve a little attention.
In Brief (at length)
We’re called “Someday My Printz Will Come” for a reason; we kiss a lot of frogs. Which is necessary if we want to read widely — and we do, because that gives us the best sense of the year. The Printz is, after all, an award for literary excellence in the publication year — wider […]
Romance Roundup, Summer Style!
The weather is getting colder, Starbucks broke out the red holiday cups , and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. But let’s go back to that happier—and warmer—time in late August when two novels about love were published: The Beginning of Everything and The Infinite Moment of Us. These two books aren’t on our long […]
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More Roundup (Debut Style!)
Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone, Kat Rosenfield Dutton, May 2012 Reviewed from ARC Buzz and anticipation, impressive writing, and a whole that ends up not quite hitting it out of the park — haven’t we heard this story before? Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone has some really magnificent sentence level writing. Some of […]
Dying to Know How this Is YA
Dying to Know You, Aidan Chambers Amulet Books, April 2012 Reviewed from ARC Look, Aidan Chambers is an immensely accomplished writer. He was one of the early Printz winners, people write critical essays about his books, and he plays quite impressively with form in many of his novels. He certainly has a a steady command […]
Telling Tales
The Storyteller, Antonia Michaelis, translated by Miriam Debbage Amulet Books, January 2012 Reviewed from ARC This German import only received one star, and honestly, I’m not sure anyone is talking about it. But I think this is an unsung, unnoted gem, and everyone needs to get a copy STAT. And then read the book before […]
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